MEMORIALS
Mark Noble Mueller ’53
Mark died Jan 7, 1999, at his home in Salt Lake City. The son of R. Sterling Mueller '22 and brother of Peter S. '52…
Gian-carlo Rota ’53
Gian, who came to the U.S. from South America in 1950 and who graduated summa cum laude with our class, died Apr. 19, 1999, of…
Saul Post ’53
With sorrow we report that Saul Post died Sept. 29, 1998, at White Plains [N.Y.] Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. Saul was born…
John Peter Ora Jr. ’53
John, whom we fondly called Jay, died Dec. 28, 1995, of cancer, in Lynchburg, Tenn. Born in Oak Park, Ill., Jay prepared at Choate. He…
Robert Kenley Burdette ’53
With sorrow, we record the death of our friend Bob, Apr. 19, 1998, in Churchville, Va. After finishing Somerset Maugham Elementary School with Dave Brown…
John Edward Raap ’53
Regrettably, we lost John to a heart attack June 2, 1997, in Sebring, Fla. Prior to Princeton, John, a native of Chicago, attended Oak Park…
Erik Nikolaus Valters ’53
Erik Valters, who came to Princeton from Innsbruck U. as an exchange student in 1951, died Mar. 6, 1996. Born in Riga-Hagensberg, Latvia, Erik prepared…
John Williams Cochran ’53
John Cochran, who died Nov. 5, 1997, was born in Boston but grew up in China, where his parents were medical missionaries. One of John's…
William Ladd Hallowell ’53
William "Kip" Hallowell, who died Oct. 26, 1995, was just as quiet on campus as he was with the class after graduation. Born in Boston…
James Bould Reckard ’53
Jim Reckard, the mighty mite of Princeton's heralded 1949-50 freshman basketball team, died of lung cancer Jan. 16, 1998, at his St. Marys, W.Va., residence…
Kenneth Koken Stocker Jr. ’53
Ken Stocker, who made a memorable musical impact during our stay at Princeton, died Feb. 24, 1996. He was a native of Allentown, Pa., and…
John Erwin Strong ’53
NYC native John Strong, who served faithfully and unerringly as '53 treasurer under five class presidents for a record 20 years, died Jan. 19, 1998…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
Remembering Victor Brombert
“Brombert was very concerned that I talk about his love of teaching. He said, ‘My love isn’t war, it’s teaching and I hope you’ll find a place to mention that,’…
Remembering Karl Hummel ’67
“What’s unique about Karl is he represented all these great, broad, national economic and management and philosophy trends. He touched on every one of them. I don’t know many other…
Remembering Isabella De La Houssaye ’86
‘We had a rule. You can’t compare yourself to Isabella because fool’s errand. But whatever race you were on, you always could push yourself further thinking of her and thinking…
Remembering Ernie T. Pascarella ’65
‘Just so that everybody knows, this was one outstanding guy in every way,’ said Cosmo Iacavazzi ’65
Remembering Joe Schein ’37
Joe Schein ’37 the oldest living alum in Princeton's history at the time of his death. He carried the 1923 Silver Cane eight times at the P-rade during Reunions.
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